ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,584, issued on April 14, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Liquid metal alloys in a light-emitting diode device" was invented by Derek Miller (Columbus, Ohio), Ryan Zienert (Raleigh, N.C.) and Colin Blakely (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to techniques for providing a liquid metal alloy in a light-emitting diode device that can both heal cracks formed in solder joints on the light-emitting diode (LED) device as well as improve thermal energy dissipation from the LED chips to improve the performance, reduce wear, and prolong the life of the LED chips. In an embodiment, a light-...